Saturday, January 24, 2004

I've been preoccupied lately with trying to figure out why anyone who supports limited government would support George W. Bush and the G.O.P., particularly after that State of the Union speech … The other reason, I guess, is the supposed lack of viable alternatives. I think about that scene from Officer and a Gentleman … Louis Gossett Jr. is beating the piss out of Richard Gere, and Gossett screams "Why you wanna be a Marine, Mayonaisse?" And Gere, doubled over, snot and blood dripping from his nose, screams back: "CAUSE I GOT NOWHERE ELSE TA GO!! [sob] I got nowhere else ta go..."

No matter how you slice it, the principle of limited government takes a beating.